EVENTS • BY DARLENE REYES Start the summer off right enjoying live performances, games and international food. Washington Revels is holding its annual summer solstice celebration, SunFest, on June 10

COMMUNITY • BY JULIE WIATT Bill Murphy’s life course shifted when he took in a homeless man to share his dorm room in a Catholic college in Worcester. Bill

BIZ BUZZ • BY SARAH KRAUT After watching him work until late into the night for weeks, Zed Mekonnen’s friend finally asked him “Why don’t you just go

PETS • BY TEIGHLER DOAK DC resident Ethel Taylor saw an empty space in the local market for dog owners and filled it with suds. The Doggie Washerette provides

ECONOMY • BY AMALIA EHRMANN, CNS Special Report Families with young children in Montgomery County must earn at least $64,000 a year just to cover their basic needs

EYE ON ANNAPOLIS • BY TOM MCPARLAND, CNS Gov. Martin O'Malley touted increased religious protections as he promoted a new same-sex marriage bill Tuesday that supporters hope can

TAKOMA ARCHIVES • BY DIANA KOHN From Takoma Park’s first settlers to Motorcat, "Images of America: Takoma Park" celebrates 125 plus years of local history and makes a

VOX POPULI • BY SETH GRIMES

QUESTION OF THE MONTH • BY JULIE WIATT Here are some answers to the question of the month. Leave your answer below. Jim Dougherty (with Seneca): “What

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT Orion’s Attic —  in partnership with IMPACT Silver Spring — has launched the Flower Avenue Holiday Market on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to

PHOTOS • BY JULIE WIATT Hundreds of folks took the chill and rain in stride to enjoy the Takoma Park Street Festival October 2. Three stages along Carroll

BUSINESS • BY BRANDON GREEN In the heart of Old Town Takoma Park, under the gazebo, Blessed Coffee was inaugurated as a benefit corporation, dedicated to help the

Try renting “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” from online media superstore Netflix, and customers are in for an indefinite wait. But a Takoma Park Old Town video store has

Takoma Park Folk Festival afficionados did their civic duty and indulged themselves for the sake of the Folk Festival at the June 11 Takoma Park Pub Crawl. Live

WORLD ON A PLATE — Red Dog Café on Grubb Road has served as an essential community space over the past decade. It's been the perfect neighborhood spot

WORLD ON A PLATE — "Just give it a chance," says Meaghan Murphy, co-founder of the new Capital City Cheesecake located in Takoma Park in place of the

On the evening of Monday, May 18, I was overwhelmed by the support that this community showed for the Voice when you gathered